Insider Selling: York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Major Shareholder Sells $2,337,446.40 in Stock

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) major shareholder Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 201,504 shares of York Space Systems stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.60, for a total transaction of $2,337,446.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 16,717,285 shares in the company, valued at $193,920,506. This represents a 1.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Large shareholders that own 10% or more of a company’s shares are required to disclose their transactions with the SEC.

Blackrock Portfolio Management also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, August 7th, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 200,170 shares of York Space Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.99, for a total transaction of $2,199,868.30.
• On Monday, August 3rd, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 13,754 shares of York Space Systems stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.03, for a total transaction of $206,722.62.
• On Friday, July 31st, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 35,574 shares of York Space Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.14, for a total transaction of $538,590.36.
• On Thursday, July 30th, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 140,823 shares of York Space Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.18, for a total transaction of $2,137,693.14.
• On Wednesday, July 29th, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 63,390 shares of York Space Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.31, for a total value of $970,500.90.

York Space Systems Trading Up 4.8%

NYSE:YSS opened at $11.11 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $21.70. York Space Systems Inc. has a 12 month low of $10.01 and a 12 month high of $44.54. The stock has a market cap of $1.44 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -39.68. The company has a current ratio of 5.53, a quick ratio of 5.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($1.51) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.12) by ($1.39). The firm had revenue of $116.34 million during the quarter. On average, research analysts forecast that York Space Systems Inc. will post -0.98 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

YSS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Raymond James Financial lowered shares of York Space Systems from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Truist Financial upgraded York Space Systems to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Wall Street Zen cut York Space Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Weiss Ratings started coverage on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Friday, May 15th. They set a “sell (d)” rating on the stock. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of York Space Systems from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $34.90.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. BlackRock Inc. increased its position in shares of York Space Systems by 1.1% during the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 19,212,689 shares of the company’s stock valued at $473,016,000 after acquiring an additional 200,250 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG raised its position in York Space Systems by 66.6% in the second quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 19,019 shares of the company’s stock valued at $468,000 after purchasing an additional 7,603 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in York Space Systems during the second quarter worth $1,162,000. Finally, Persistent Asset Partners Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of York Space Systems in the second quarter valued at $53,000.

About York Space Systems

York Space Systems is a leading, U.S.-based, space and defense prime(1) providing a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions for national security, government and commercial customers. York is one of the only space and defense primes with proprietary hardware and software capabilities designed to address customers’ complex mission requirements across the critical elements of the entire space ecosystem throughout the mission lifecycle. York is the number one provider to the U.S. Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (“PWSA”) by number of spacecraft operating in-orbit, by number of contracts, and by variety of contract types as of September 2025.